"I began writing a book on love because I felt that the United States is moving away from love."

“Let me explain something to you - you have not been standing in front of thirty thousand decibals for thirty-five years - write me a note!”

“Our deepest calling is to grow into our own authentic self-hood, whether or not it conforms to some image of who we ought to be. As we do so, we will not only find the joy that every human being seeks--we will also find our path of authentic service in the world.”

Source : Parker J. Palmer (1999). “Let Your Life Speak: Listening for the Voice of Vocation”, p.16, John Wiley & Sons

“It may be that the only reason childhood memories act on us so strongly is that, being the most remote we possess, they are the worst remembered and so offer the least resistance to that process by which we mold them nearer and nearer to an ideal which is fundamentally artistic, or at least nonfactual.”

“I say if you fight terrorism, it's based in fear, but if you promote peace, it's based on hope.”

“There's no particular class of photograph that I think is any better than any other class. I'm always and forever looking for the image that has spirit! I don't give a damn how it got made.”

“For me and my films I want my audience to experience cinema in its full glory. It's not just visual, it's audio as well. It's emotional and I want you to be engaged with not just the scene but with the characters.”

Source : "Film Interview: James Wan Talks The Filmmaking & Truth Behind ‘The Conjuring’, ‘Fast 7’ Plans". Interview with Peter Sciretta, www.slashfilm.com. July 19, 2013.

“I have always wanted to be a man, if only for the reason that I would like to have gauged the value of my intellect.”

“The lazy man aims at nothing, and generally hits it.”